How hard he is fighting!, You can't imagine that in order to surpass Ke Jie, Shen Zhenxu won the Ying's Cup championship championship for the first time | Go | championship
The final of the 9th Yingshi Cup World Professional Go Championship, known as the "Go Olympics," came to an end today. Shen Zhenyu won the championship with a total score of 2-0 against Xie Ke, winning the championship for the first time in four years and receiving a prize of $400000. Xie Ke, who made his second attempt to compete for the world championship, unfortunately failed to achieve his goal and won the runner up while also receiving a prize of $100000.
This is the first time in the 35 year history that the Ying's Cup has engaged in a duel between two players born in the 2000s. But from the content, both sides did not contribute to a peak match of equal strength.
In the first game of the Triple Chess Finals, Xie Ke made a mistake in his judgment despite having a one-time advantage, and ultimately lost to Shen Zhenxu without counting points. In today's second game, Xie Ke was in no form and can be said to have lost completely. This is the fifth world championship trophy that Shen Zhenxu has won in his professional career, and winning it is beyond doubt and convincing.
"When you understand and feel Shen Zhenxu's attitude towards Go, you will find that he deserves to be as powerful as he is today!" After the game, some Chinese chess fans praised this Korean Go leader from the bottom of their hearts. There is a detail that can somewhat explain Shen Zhenxu's efforts. At the opening ceremony on the eve of the Ying's Cup final, Xiao Shen looked down at his phone very seriously. Upon closer inspection, he was actually working on a dead or alive question. So every second counts, so diligent and unremitting.
There is a popular saying on the internet that goes, "I'm afraid those who are better than you will work harder than you." In the world of Go, it means Shen Zhenxu.
On March 17, 2000, Shen Zhenxu was born into a "Go family" in Busan, South Korea. My father is an amateur expert and runs a Go club, while my mother serves as an introductory teacher in the club. Shen Zhenxu started learning Go at the age of 4, and in less than 3 years, his chess skills reached level 5 or above. When he was in fourth grade, he won four championships in the national children's Go competition. My parents also saw the infinite potential in Xiao Shen, so they decided to let him continue on his career path. So my father ended his 20-year-old chess club and moved his family to Seoul. In 2012, Shen Zhenxu began learning chess at Dojo. Five months later, he became a professional chess player through the first Korean Talent Entrance Conference and also became the first professional chess player born in the 2000s. Shen Zhenxu chose to take a leave of absence from junior high school. He believed that his graduation certificate was meaningless compared to his chosen career as a chess player, and he would never regret his decision.
After Shen Zhenxu reached the age of 12, he described Go as a game of his own: "I have never been crazy about it, nor have I ever disliked it. It's like air or clothes, to me it's life." It's hard to imagine this statement coming from a child in his early teens.
Today, Shen Zhenhuan, who regards Go as his life, has been crowned the "Five Crown King". His number of career championships has equaled that of Park Tinghuan, approaching the "Six Crown King" Liu Changhe. Xiao Shen, who is still at his peak, has many opportunities in the future. Shen Zhenxu's goal has always been to win more championships than Ke Jie in the World Series, in short, to become at least a "nine time champion". In his words, "Ke Jie ignited my fighting spirit and urged me to grow."
It is worth mentioning that this is also the sixth time that Chinese and Korean chess players have met in the Ying's Cup final, winning three times each. After the game, Shen Zhenxu stated that the final of this Ying's Cup was changed from a fifth game to a third game, and his psychological pressure was much reduced because he had never won the third game of the previous World Series's third game, becoming a major demon. This time, he strives to end the game in the second set. He also revealed that his next goal is to achieve good results at the Hangzhou Asian Games in September.
Due to the impact of the epidemic, the 9th Ying's Cup started in 2020 and was delayed until today to complete the final. At the opening ceremony of this year's finals, Ying Rouer, Chairman of Ying Group, revealed that the 10th Ying Cup will continue to be held next year. This also quickly gave players like Xie Ke new goals to strive for.
